Hi everyone,

I have an order to do a slab cake that's 1/2 white cake, 1/2 chocolate cake that's all iced in white buttercream. I originally thought I would just make 2 cakes and put them together, but is there a way to bake them in the same pan with some sort of separator inbetween? If anyone has expereience with this, I would appreciate some feedback.
Thanks!

I have a plastic 12" divider that I got from Sugarcraft.com for this purpose, or you can make one from cardboard and cover it with foil...you remove it after all the batter is in your pan.

My experience with doing the half and half is that the chocolate one usually does not rise and bake the same as the white, so I started baking them separately (this was two 1/4 sheets to make a 1/2, the one piece half sheet is pretty hard to handle too.) Janice

Instead of putting the divider in the "center"...slide it off center by about 1/2 inch...pour the chocolate in the bigger half and the white in the smaller half. That gives the chocolate more space (since chocolate seems to take more time to bake!) Works for me!

I cut a piece off a cakeboard that will fit in the pan I'm using to bake the cake in ... I pour the chocolate in one side and the white in the other side... then I just slide the cardboard divider out when ready to be baked... works great for me .. and you're right MrsMissey.. dunno why it takes chocolate longer to bake, but it does!

Thanks so much for the suggestions! I think I will give the divider a shot before I actually make the customer's order so I can get the hang of it.

MrsMissey - thanks for the suggestion on moving the divider over a little bit - that will certainly help. I had a problem with the chocolate side rising quite a bit higher than the white side. Do you think this hint will help with that also? Maybe the white side was overcooked and fell alittle?
Thanks for your help!

I don't know that it helps with the rising issue but I level my cakes anyway, so that part never bothered me. I was always more concerned that one end was over or under cooked.